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The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised in July 1857 after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny and disbanded in 1861.
The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny from young military officers just arrived from Britain.
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1857''' raised in Calcutta in July with 258 men under Col Richardson CB
*'''1861''' disbanded


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/bengalyeocav.htm Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/bengalyeocav.htm Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishmedals.net/collections/TB/heic/copland.html  Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse (late Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry)] from BritishMedals.net
*[http://www.britishmedals.net/resources/regts/heic/bengalyc.html Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry] BritishMedals.net
*[http://www.britishmedals.net/collections/TB/heic/copland.html  Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse (late Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry)] BritishMedals.net
 
====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/volunteeringinin00nashiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volunteering in India: or, an authentic narrative of the military services of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny, and Sepoy War'']  by  John Tulloch Nash 1893 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/volunteeringinin00nashiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volunteering in India: or, an authentic narrative of the military services of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny, and Sepoy War'']  by  John Tulloch Nash 1893 Archive.org

Latest revision as of 10:45, 1 February 2011

The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny from young military officers just arrived from Britain.

Chronology

  • 1857 raised in Calcutta in July with 258 men under Col Richardson CB
  • 1861 disbanded

External links

Historical books online